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Merchants refer to a group of people who are engaged in commodity trading, exchange and transportation of goods, making goods widely circulated and obtaining benefits from them.

Where there are interests, there are businessmen.

Interstellar merchants are not much different from traditional merchants. They are also a group of profit-seeking creatures.

Interstellar merchants sell all kinds of goods, including agricultural products, industrial products, knowledge-based, and cultural and entertainment products. Whether it is physical or spiritual needs, they can satisfy you.

As long as you have "currency" in your hands that can be used for transactions.

However, there are some differences between interstellar merchants and traditional merchants.

Interstellar merchants trade goods in a wider range, in more varieties, and over longer distances, and most of them are barter.

The Milky Way is too big, and there are countless civilizations. It is impossible to achieve monetary unification. Moreover, the vast majority of currencies are financial products, and some only have circulation properties, rather than their actual value. Unless there is a powerful civilization, Can provide credit guarantee for this currency.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, bartering is the most common transaction method for most interstellar merchants.

Of course, in a free trading star like the City of Thousand Stars, the role of the official currency "star coins" is still very huge. At least most interstellar merchants accept the currency "star coins" for their goods and can buy them at a suitable price. Walk.

Naturally, the issuance of "star coins" allows the officials of the City of Thousand Stars to reap huge benefits every year.

So, for interstellar merchants, which goods are more valuable?

There are mainly four categories.

One, knowledge and technical information.

There is no doubt that information, especially technical information, will always be the most popular cargo among interstellar merchants.

Just imagine that for those first-, second-, and third-level civilizations that are in the technological bottleneck period, if the technological bombs in the hands of interstellar merchants can help their civilization achieve level improvement and breakthroughs, these technological bombs and these civilizations are willing to spend How much does it cost to buy?

It is bound to be a sell-off, and you have to buy it even if you spend everything in your pocket.

Moreover, the storage medium of technical data has the characteristics of small size, light weight, easy to carry, and can be sold unlimited times. Once successfully traded, the rate of return is extremely high, so it is the favorite commodity for interstellar merchants to trade.

However, higher civilizations do not want civilizations with the same technological level to increase in number and threaten their status, so they united to formulate the "Convention on the Prevention of Technology Proliferation" to strictly restrict the flow of technical data to lower civilizations and severely crack down on sensitive technologies. Transactions of data.

In particular, groups such as technology businessmen are under the key surveillance of these civilizations.

Two, energy.

Before the invention of perpetual motion machines, the energy industry was a permanent industry, from the "firewood" of ancient civilizations, to the "coal" and "petroleum" of modern civilizations, to the "nuclear fuels" and "energy blocks" of the interstellar era... …The energy industry, like human food, is in constant demand.

Three, food, minerals, electromechanical equipment, arms and weapons, spacecraft and other "tangible" commodities.

Four, "intangible" spiritual commodities such as culture, film and television, games, and art.

These four categories include everything a civilization needs.

As for Yun Xinghe and the others, who planned to switch careers from "explorers" to "interstellar merchants" for a while, the first industry they focused on was, of course, the energy industry.

Generally speaking, energy blocks with higher energy density have higher value.

Those with low energy density, such as the common hydrogen element, are distributed everywhere in the universe. Their energy density is not high and they occupy a large volume. A cargo spacecraft powered by this type of energy is a bit like a train in the steam age, with half of the vehicle loaded with Cargo, half loaded with coal.

The civilizations surrounding the City of Thousand Stars are mostly second-level civilizations, with fewer third-level civilizations. Therefore, Zerg energy cores, which are equivalent to level III energy blocks, are very popular among these civilizations.

Therefore, Yun Xinghe and the others saw on the dynamic price panel of the City of Thousand Stars Energy Trading Market: A standard volume third-level energy block can be sold for 190 star coins each.

To be honest, Yun Xinghe feels that this price is a bit low. You must know that a palm-sized level 3 energy core contains enough energy to meet the electricity needs of a level 1 civilization with a population of tens of billions for a year. However, in the end, it can only be replaced by Feitian. The cost of living in the City of Thousand Stars for two or three days for the 11 crew members (except for the three-eyed people who do not eat or drink).

This shows that the prices here are very high.

As for the thousands of secondary spacecraft floating around outside the City of Thousand Stars, we can know that these spacecraft must have been unable to withstand the high daily expenses and had to choose to park outside the well-equipped space port.

But one bite won't make you fat. Although the price of the third-level energy core is not as high as expected, with the amount the Feitian can carry, it is certain that you will make a fortune in the end.

Make up your mind and then split up.

The first step is to rent a warehouse for storing goods at the space port, take down the two large containers hanging under the Feitian, and store them properly.

Yun Xinghe personally took Gu Fan and Du Xiaopang to the Star Government, and used the two containers of energy cores as collateral to easily obtain a low-interest loan of 100,000 Star Coins, and then borrowed 100 Star Coins per 24 hours. Price, rented the warehouse and put the container in it.

There is a warehouse.

The second step is to set up a company.

Regarding "companies", different civilizations have different names. Some are called "chambers of commerce", some are called "stores", and some are called "traveling merchants"... But the essence is the same, they are all buying low. High selling business organization.

So Lan Xiulong took Sugaru and Berekov to the Star City Department of Industry and Commerce and spent 1,000 star coins to register a "company."

The name of the company - Feitian Trading Co., Ltd., was just a lazy use of the name of the spaceship.

So, the company also existed.

Then in the center of the bustling city, we rented a 180-square-meter office building at a price of 500 star coins per week. As an office location, Feitian Trading Co., Ltd. can basically carry out company business.

As for the business, Luo Xin and the female crew members Yun Qiaoqiao, Koran Mikoto, and Uehara Aika are responsible for it. The business model is also very simple. Luo Xin is responsible for finding channels and advertising, and Yun Qiaoqiao and the others are responsible for the business. The three women only need to sit in the office, do Dangdang customer service, and answer the phone.

Once a customer becomes interested in the goods and wants to see the goods, product consultant Xia Xingkong will finally take the customer there, or inspect the quality of the "goods" to make the customer feel at ease and satisfied.

After such a complete arrangement, a trading company with a small number of people but complete internal organs was established in just two days.

Business immediately started booming.

Company conference room.

Yun Xinghe said: "Luo Xin, I will give you all the remaining 80,000 star coins. Place more advertisements on open-air advertising platforms, online platforms, and trading markets to build up the company's reputation, attract customers' attention, and strive to win sales in a short time. Within, sell most of the energy cores."

"Yes, Captain."

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The next few days.

In the trade and interstellar business circles of the City of Thousand Stars, a newly emerged "Feitian Trading Co., Ltd." has attracted the attention of many businessmen with a keen sense of business opportunities.

There were some discussions in various corners of Star City.

"I heard that the main goods of this new trading company are Zerg energy cores. According to the trading market, the amount they can supply is more than 1 million, all of which are high-grade energy cores."

"One million? Is there really that many? How did they get it? You probably have to wipe out the Zerg on a planet to get so many energy cores, right?"

"Actually, this is not too much. You can buy it from a dozen passing Level 3 civilization spaceships. What's exaggerated is that they said in their tone, 'How much do you want and how much is available? Don't worry about us running out of stock. Take a look at what you have first. Are the star coins in our hands enough? Isn’t this mocking us for not having enough money? We interstellar businessmen are everywhere with private galaxies and private planets. How dare they question whether we have enough star coins in our hands? I really I can’t stand it!”

A fat interstellar businessman with all kinds of valuable beads on his body said dissatisfiedly.

"I sent someone to inquire about it. The founder of this company is the civilization that came to the City of Thousand Planets for the first time some time ago. He only has a small and medium-sized spaceship, but he dares to say such things... typical arrogance. I’ve never seen the world!”

"I feel like they only have 1 million energy cores at most. If they exceed this number, they can't get it out."

"Energy accounting is a relatively high-value commodity. You must know that the price of an advanced level three civilization spacecraft is only 30 million star coins."

"This type of energy core generally has only two uses. One is used as the core power source of high-speed spacecraft, and the other is used as a battery for high-power ship-based weapons... But in peacetime, there is not much demand for this type of energy core."

"I think they are used quite a lot. At least for us interstellar merchants, most of the spacecraft use energy cores... Time is money. Whoever runs the fastest will make more money."

"I plan to go to that company tomorrow to take a look. If there are really so many energy cores, I plan to buy a batch. The Green Fairy Civilization is preparing for a war against the Zerg to recover more than a dozen border stars that have fallen over the years. Level 3 energy cores , they need a lot.”

"In that case, I also plan to buy a batch..."

One person held up the wine glass and muttered, as for the purpose, it is a business secret.

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